The Perils of Potent Pot

Reason ^ | 6/18/08 | jacob sullum

[Ron Jeremy]

While of course he is correct, Sullum ignores the real problem. The real problem is people (many of them FReepers) who simply can't stand the thought of anyone having a good time. They have always obeyed the rules, and, tonight, they will go to sleep pissed off that there are people who did not obey the rules with respect to pot, and the government has not taken away their kids, home, and freedom because of it.

[MeanGreen2008]

Well that explains the jump in prices...

Actually, this weed (called Krypto or other names) is very expensive, but the old weed (called Schwag) is still available and it’s what most people smoke.

[saganite]

I remember that facility at Ole Miss (I’m a grad). It was surrounded by a high fence with full lighting, guards and reportedly dogs. It was definitely a topic of discussion among the student body.

[BipolarBob]

Yes, it bothers me tremendously that someone in the privacy of their own house, not out on the streets driving, might use drugs recreationally. NOT.

[oncebitten]

It’s really pretty easy. You just take one hit. Not that I would know of course ;>)

[devane617]

make it legal and tax it...empty the jails...

[HerrBlucher]

tonight, they will go to sleep pissed off that there are people who did not obey the rules with respect to pot, and the government has not taken away their kids, home, and freedom because of it.

High on Hyperbole...

[I see my hands]

"With stronger pot, people can smoke less to achieve the same effect.."

"growers have become more adept at meeting the demands of increasingly discriminating consumers"

Good, less dirt to inhale.

How about a nasal inhaler?

[steve-b]

Stories that NewPot[tm] is basically different from OldPot[tm] keep surfacing every few years. Their purpose is to attempt to maintain official pravda against the next generation’s personal knowledge that pot smoking simply isn’t as dangerous as the government claims.

[I see my hands]

To: You see your hands

"How about a nasal inhaler?"

Shouldn't that be breathalyzer?

[woofie]

Ron

Its good to see you are still around

[microgood]

Last week, as part of its ongoing effort to convince baby boomers that today's "Pot 2.0" is much more dangerous than the stuff they smoked when they were young, Walters' Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) announced that "levels of THC—the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana—have reached the highest-ever amounts since scientific analysis of the drug began in the late 1970s." The University of Mississippi's Potency Monitoring Project reports that the average THC content of the seized marijuana it tests was 8.1 percent last year, up from 3.2 percent in 1983.

The Federal Government has no credibility on the issue of marijuana, and has not had any for almost eighty years.

[cabojoe]

Inhalator.

[alicewonders]

make it legal and tax it...empty the jails...

That makes far too much sense for our government to try.

[woofie]

When I was young in Texas ...(long ago)I got high and drove my car into a light pole. I was arrested by the Texas police and thrown into an isolation cell before they bothered to take me to a hospital and sew me up.

I went to court and got off on a technicality. (the police used the wrong words in the citation)Had I not gotten off I believe I would have spent at least 10 years in our prison systems.It would not have done me or the society any good.

I survived my trip to the wild side and have become a somewhat constructive member of society for the last 38 years.

Moral of the story ?
Some people survive drugs, some dont

[Berlin_Freeper]

Pot produces Leftists.

[decimon]

The real problem is people (many of them FReepers) who simply can't stand the thought of anyone having a good time.

A Mencken here, a Mencken there and before you know it you're indulging stereotypes. It might be better to stick to the merits of the thing.

[386wt]

Not that I would know of course ;>)

Tee-hee. Can I say it? "It's not your Grandfather's pot."

[onedoug]

"Nonsense. I have not begun to defile myself." --Tombstone

[metalcor]

I don’t understand the argument at all. I seem to remember that those who partook usually par-toked until they forgot to keep it lit, so how can the new stuff be worse for you if you actually smoke less?